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Claudius has made himself a monarch again, standing at the head of a shrieking horde of desperate peasantry who believe he can unbar the door to that heavenly place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

What humble hands unbar those gates of morn Through which the splendors of the new day burst.

From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by J. M. (John Marcus) Dickey

"It is I, Pierre," cried he; "come down and unbar the door!"

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Charles James Lever

I cried, “why did you unbar the door?”

From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

"Some one is surely in distress," said Shakespeare, rising, "suffer me to unbar the door."

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling

The book’s final moments are breathless, if suspiciously flimsy—it isn’t until the very last sentence that Monk unbars “the great gate” and is freed.

From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2017

Will the sun forget to streak Eastern skies with amber ray, When the dusky shades to break He unbars the gates of day?

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

At any hour of the day—I won't speak positively about the night—women may be seen at the unbars filling large earthenware jugs, coming and going, going and coming.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens

Behold! a hand unbars the door, Ye shall be captives held no more.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Money unbars all doors but heaven's, and Medway has plenty of money.

From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

As a result, its classification was changed from unbarred spiral galaxy to barred spiral galaxy.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022

Eventually, we decided that my father would not recover, and so, instead of continuing to try to stave off death, we unbarred the door and began to wait.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017

In both barred and unbarred spiral galaxies, we observe a range of different shapes.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

Handel’s vocal writing can be fiercely demanding, nowhere more so than in the Angel’s opening aria, “Be unbarred, ye gates of Avernus,” in which Liv Redpath, a soprano, displayed lovely tone and fine agility.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2014

At last the window above the door was unbarred, but no figure could be seen at its dark opening.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Knees, shoulders, elbows, buttocks and teeth collide with one another, fleetingly unbarring a glimpse into deeper space before they slide closed again.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2011

He could not get help from outside, even if he had someone whom he could trust, without the unbarring of doors, and considerable risk of detection.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

They got enough, however, to realise that he demanded the unbarring of the door, and that he both threatened and promised protection to whoever was within.

From The Strange Case of Cavendish by Randall Parrish

He knocked, however, and rang boldly; and after a brief delay, and considerable noise of unbolting and unbarring, was admitted.

From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Charles James Lever

There came to him a noise of unbarring doors, the yellow lamp-light went out in niche after niche.

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett